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'y lor l A third strip 1 9 maybe `attac'lfied overa part Aof the length to the stripl', .the attaching means comprising part a rivet adjacent oneY endlater to be mentioned ,and ametallic stitch Width and 'of likematerial, Each of .said strips l and 16 is supplied With an aperture which. may be of the keyhole type. The aperture in strip is designated 17 Vand that in I strip 16 is'designated 18.VV Bysaidapertures,

strips 15 16 are attache'dftothereinforc- ,ing members 11 and 12 to separate said strlps .11 and 12 and thereby spread thesheet4 10.vk Y "f'esel' -for attachment tojsheet 10 when the '15 orstaple 20'. A fourth'-v strip 21"completesthe .assemblyasillustrated.A w

,t Thr .lignee-mp5 1:5, 1.6;19. and @Us .a

Yrivet 22, previously mentioned which forms voneofithe attachment means betweenstrip 19V and strip- 16, and. whichv further provides a joinder between the four strips, permitting f y ofthe strip/ 15 `.being rotated with said rivet Y 221as anlaxis'to be moved ,arcuate-ly' from c onvtact over its full .length upon 'thestrip lito .a longitudinal ,extension of said stripl as isl'shovvn in Figure 2. 1

Strip A,2l includes a legV 22 through there is a" dovetail slot r23 toin-terlock therein.

l"he?parts` 21` and 2 2 may Vbefseparated.for read-y articulation .by a score 26 and the parts `19 and .-24 may vbe similarly. separated a score 27,1 Generally the `s taple'20 is' adjacent tothe'scoreQZ. A .fr

vVh nin 'packagedconditiom .the strip 15, .Whole length-upon the .strip 16, and

the strip 179---24V restsi'at-'against the strip-'16.

" The V.strip ,2l-.22: rests*against the :strip 19-24. lThus .a shortfcompact package of :rotated ,or moved from the viri'liiginie 5 to the position shoyvninijFligur-e 12.

V-i `esslenlgth than the heightgof' theextended. fshe'etfl() ,is had,l A'Ehe Yeaselinay be rolledup Y Q with Athesheet 10er. it .may be outside-of a" rolled up sheet 10.

Y .dition the two .maybe `readily.senired togetherV by-,an'elastic2band;28. Y. 1 C i amm-diurne In-.either conche Strip 214225.15 maserati-lima on; the

'I "score` 26,-- andthe s'tri A i l v i sertedthroughthe .dovete-il slot 23 tofprovide uponthe scorie.v gNext the -tongue ispinan interlockbetween.the5members32l+-22and 519-24; f' .The strips .land 16am-attached to -thro.ligh lthe Aslot member 12,'y such assembly, thejgdevicegislin'.condition Vfor ruse l with the sheet 10 spread intofa flathorizontal 1 preferred;

I reduces .thecornpactness 'of f thfe ease-lrvvhenl not vin use. It is .perfectly manifest., too,l that the este lee-241m thi-.Strip V21422 may bmde 'With theY keyhole slot in a single piece, folded upon itself above the rivet 22.

In the form of the invention shown in Figures 3 and 4, a similar sheet 10 With re- 'inforcing strips 11 and-12 and rivets 13 and 14 is employed. A strip 30 having a slot 33 formsthe upper .member .of the .easel as illustrated3in-ligi1res-3 AA 32 having a slot v33 forms a lower member of the lstrips30land32 are-extended. Through the strip 30 is a slot 34 which may be vof dovetail configuration, if desired. Extending from the strip32 is af tongue 35, separated therefro`m` byv ai score "36. lTongue 35 may be Vshaped to provideaysecure .interlock-*With lin -:contigliration. 1

YBetween thestr .42; vv-The Vstrip ,37' :is :additionally attached :tothestrip .32'by-a-staple or rivet43.

1 flfhejeaselillustrated inlfigur'es 3 andv4 is adapted to be folded by moving the strip v3Q about therivet`42 relatively to the strip ..32 sovthat the strips 3.0V and32 are madet'o 'lie together, Thestripffr'ghas its extension 38 flat against the strip 132, While the `extension' 39issmadeitolie latagainst the strip 37 and thefstrip 3.8. When in such take down position, the easelmay befr'olled up lWith a post-er -1sheet10 asis shown Figure 5 andthe two items secured togetherby an elastic band :or

@a cord 2,8. it i..

extendedg position, the `easel' shovvn 35 through. the'frslot 34'.

- -:i. 'l`.o..complete the assembly of the easel, the extension 39 fis articulated uponscore 44 to 'fthe pesition-' shoWn -in*]`igure4.- The strip 39 `'is Vthenarticulated at `score 45 vto Vthe position shoivn in I'Figurellg thev tongue 41 being inserted through the slot 40 to providean'interflock between the sections 38 and 39.v

The; easel 'is thenattached to poster sheet 10 by causing the engagement of the rivetl 13 kWith Vthe keyhole slot 31 and the "rivet 214 In the form' of theV invention-.shown in nesses' of -material in .the easel.' If it `is l desired to. reduce the'strips to two,- a'n Thethird member inthe easel as illustrated i strip 30 to pre- CFI , Eigu'res 3 --angil-f4fis-` attained by' rotating the .strip 30 relatively'toj the strip 32, articulating Figuresfandf 4, `therefgare but three. .thick- --ifso l 30 yps 37, 32and 30 is a rivet gralspreader strip be "-employed theY` Y ystrips 30 and 32 then being incontinuity.

Other forms of the invention'are possible, i' A i the scoperof the invention being defined by i vthe claims appended hereto. f

I claim: 1. An easel row strips'tvvo of-whieh .are pivotally con; nected to one another, said ytwo strips 4being relatively movable to -provide a spreader for j r said poster sheet, oneof the remaining strips providing a leg for-said spreader strips whe-n extended, `and the other a means forholding lsaid leg at an angle to saidextended spreader strips there being a fasteninglmeans common n i to vall four strips.'

sheet comprising a plurality of narproviding aleg for said spreader strips when said leg at an angle to said extended spreader strips, there being a-asteningmeanscommon` v to allot said strips,and a second fastening j means intermediate one' of V.the spreader strips..." v Y 3. An easel for a `poster sheetor-the like comprising a plurality of strips having oonlnecting means therebetween to facilitate compact packaging whennot in use,V one of said strips being relatively vmovable tofanother' of said' strips about lsaid"connecting-means to provide an elongated.member.adaptedv te spread a poster sheet withewhich the easel is used,'and means for locking saidstripsf in lextended position comprising la slot in one istrip and a tongue on the other and insertable through said slot.

l4. A'new and novel easel for aposter sheetY 'comprising a plurality of strips vjoined to'- gether by a rivet orthe like, one of said strips 'being Vmovable relatively to l the other strips `and upon said rivet'asa pivot whereby f an elongated lineal memberv is provided to support aposter sheet, a thirdstrip adapted to be articulated to providea legfor thelother y of'two strips, locking means for maintaining saidleg Jforming strip in an extendedfposition, and a fastening means common to said i y strips and looking mea-ns.V

.HARRY v. iiARsHT i for use with a blow-upsheet or poster sheet comprisingal plurality of nar-y strips being extended, and the other a meansfor holdingV1 e i strips and the leg holdingv stripwhereby said, "leg forming and leg holding-strips aremaintained in alignment withone o fsaid spreader e v 

